Typist&#39;s copyholder



Aug. 12, 1952 R. w Aw Emu 2,606,528

TYPLI'STS COPYHOLDER Filed May 22, 1950 INV ENTORS RE. McGRAW &

JOHN F. WARDEN ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 12, 1952 TYPISTS COPYHOLDER Roy E. McGraw, Hoquiam, and John F. Warden, Montesano, Wash.

Application May 22, 1950, Serial No. 163,518

This invention relates to a typists copy holder and has for an object to provide an improved copy holder particularly useful for typists for holding the copy and guiding the line of the typist in reading the copy.

A further object of this invention is to provide a copy holder and copy line guide which will be very convenient for use in copying previously printed or typed matter or other reading matter including shorthand notes and which may be provided with an extension so that it may hold legal size paper although normally intended for letter size paper or smaller.

A further object of this invention is to provide a copy line guide preferably, although not necessarily, of transparent material which will readily slide over the copy, which line guide will include a linear line guide opening and may also be provided with measuring data particularly useful in lining up copy when making line for line copies.

A further object of this invention is to provide a typists copy holder wherein the copy may be easily and quickly removed and replaced in position beneath the line guide.

A further object of this invention is to provide a typists copy holder wherein the copy holding bed is at an angle leaning somewhat toward the typist, both horizontally and vertically, making it possible to read the copy more readily.

A further object of this invention is to provide a typists copy holder which will hold the copy in a plane angled both horizontally and vertically so that the copy matter will be more readily readable by the typist and which may be made in right or left models depending on whether it is to be used on the right of left of the typewriter.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, as will hereinafter become apparent, this invention provides a construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth, claimed and disclosed in the accompanying drawing, wherein Fig. l is a top plan View of the copy holder of this invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view looking toward the left of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view looking toward the right of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an end elevational view looking down at the top end of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

There is shown at H) a typists copy holder which in the form shown is intended to be placed at the left of a typist, but may equally be made in a mirror image form to use at the right of the 1 Claim. (Cl. 12033) typist. 'One basic essence of this invention is that the plane of the copy holding bed H is at such an angle that the copy thereon face the typist in more readable position for the copy bed leans both horizontally and vertically toward the typist in front of the typewriter. This is accomplished by having the back end I2 of the bed H higher than the front end [4 While the side l5 of the bed which is further from the typist is higher than the side ll; of the bed which is nearer the typist. r

, A vertically extending flange or lip ll is'provided at the lower front end [4 of the bed I I and another vertically extending flange I8 is provided along the lower side [6 of the bed. Inasmuch as the flanges ll and I8 are located along the lower end and side of the bed, the copy placed on the bed II will naturally gravitate thereto and be held thereby on the bed. In addition to acting as a stop to the paper on the side of the bed II,

the flange [8 extends somewhat higher than necessary for this purpose'and also acts as a guide rail for a line guide 20. The flange then extends downwardly as at 2! and provides a surface to which a leg 22 of appropriate size and shape may be secured in any convenient manner. Another leg 24 of suitable size and shape is here shown as being detachably bolted at 2 5 to a depending flange 26' extending from the-edge l5 of the bed ll.

The line guide 20 will be preferably made of transparent or translucent plastic shaped as shown with a guide slot 21 extending substantially the width of the bed. In addition, suitable measurements and indicia 28 may be placed along the length of the line guide 20. At the lower side It of the bed H, the line guide 20 is provided with an integrally upstanding inverted U including a leg 30 and a bight 3| looping over the guide rail [8 and then a downwardly extending leg 32 having an inturned finger 33 which extends into a guide groove 34 formed in the leg 22. The groove 34 is of suflicient width so that the finger 33 may rise up or down as the line guide 20 rides over the copy which, of course, may be either a single piece of paper or a number of sheets of matter to be copied including a shorthand book which has a fair amount of thickness. The line guide 20 may thus be placed over any copy matter of suitable thickness within the limits provided by the width of the groove 34, the flange or guide rail l8 being of sufficient height to permit the upstanding U-leg 3B and U-bight 3| to continue to be guided thereover. For convenience of the typist, a calendar holder frame 35 may be formed in the bed H by merely depressing an appropriate section thereof at the same time leaving cut-out lugs 36 in the plane of the bed to hold the calendar pad therein.

Obviously the copy holder of this invention may be made of a suitable length according to the particular type of copy which will most be used, thus it may be made long enough for legal size paper or just along enough for letter size paper. As here shown, the copy holder I is for letter size paper being shown with a billhead size paper 31 thereon. However, even though intended for letter size paper, provision may be made for temporarily extending its length whenever desired to hold legal size paper. This may be done by providing an extra bed plate 38 hinged as at 40 to the upper end of the bed II and having an extendable bolt 41 slidably secured at 42 to the bottom of the .bed plate II and adapted to be extended under the extending bed plate 38 and hold it in alignment with the bed H. 7

An. extending flange 43 is provided to align with the flange I8 but this extending flange 43 extends downwardly only as far as the surface of the bed plate 38, thus permitting this extending bed plate 38 to hinge downwardly out of the way when not needed. Although the finger 33 may extend beyond the end of the groove 34 when the line guide 20 has been brought up over the extending bed plate 38, this will not be very important because the flange I 8 will still guide and support the line guide 20and cause the finger 33 to re-enter the groove 34 as it is moved down the bed H in use.

It willbe noted that the downwardly extendingleg 32 of the line guide 20 is beveled at 44, thus permitting the line guide 20 to move downwardly over bed H into contact with the lower upstanding flange l4.

, In operation,-the reading matter to be copied i placed on the bed II and the line guide 20 is raised up and placed thereover and then held thereover by the flange I8 and groove 34 cooperating with the upstanding inverted U and finger at the end of the line guide 20. The eye will readily follow and be guided by the edges of the eye guide slot 2'! and the guide will move downward easily with the touch of the finger from line to line as the copying progresses. Due to the slant of the bed ll toward the eye of the typist, it will easier for the typist to read the copy than when this slant is missing.

There is thus provided a copy holder and line guide for a typist working from copy which is inexpensive to manufacture and low cost to buy and. which is easy and convenient to use.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of this invention, what is claimed is:

A typists copy holder comprising a copy holding bed and a line guide movable thereover, means for supporting said copy holding bed so that its plane is at an angle both horizontally and vertically with its near edge lower than its far edge and its near side lower than its far side, whereby copy thereon may be more readable to one located somewhat to the side and front of the copy holder, a copy holding upstanding lip extending along the said lower near edge, an upstanding flange extending along said lower side edge of said bed, inverted U-means integrally extending from said line guide over said side edge flange whereby said side edge flange acts as a rail guide for said line guide, said line guide comprising a linearly extending transparent linearly slotted slide finger arranged for movement over said bed, said bed supporting means comprising leg means secured to said bed along said side edges, a guide groove formed in said leg means on said near side edge beneath said guide flange and an inturned finger on said inverted U-means of said line guide cooperating with said leg means groove whereby said line guide may be slidably guided over said copy bed, and means for extending said bed comprising a bed extension plate secured at the far edge thereof and means for holding said bed extension in alignment with said bed.

R. E. MCGRAW. JOHN F. WARDEN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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